CYPHER/CAT A
IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 638
CONFIDENTIAL
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TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
13 AUG 1969
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ADDRESSEDD F C O TELNO 638 OF 13 AUGUST R FI OTTAWA
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REGISTRY No.51
13 AUG 1969
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49 YOUR TELEGRAM 513: CANADIAN TEXTILE NEGOTIATIONS.
I AM CONCERNED AT THIS REPETITION OF THE PATTERN OF EVENTS
IN THE RECENT SWEDISH CASE. IN THAT CASE YOU HAD ALL AVAILABLE
INFORMATION AT THE END OF APRIL BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY SUBSTANTIVE
COMMENTS UNTIL JUST BEFORE NEGOTIATIONS WERE DUE TO START.
2. IN CANADIAN CASE WE HAVE KEPT YOU FULLY INFORMED. IN
GENEVA TEL 18 TO HONG KONG REPEATED TO YOU AND OTTAWA
ON 1 MAY, JONES REPORTED HIS CONVERSATION WITH MACPHERSON,
DEALING SPECIFICALLY WITH POLYESTER/POLYNOSIC SHIRTS IN PARA. 3(C).
3. GREY'S TALKS WITH GRAY IN OTTAWA ON 30 MAY, WERE FULLY
7 22 REPORTED IN OTTAWA TELS. 57, 58 AND 59 TO ME, OF WHICH YOU
PRESUMABLY HAVE COPIES.
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I COMMENTED AT LENGTH IN MYTEL 463 OF 7 JUNE TO YOU.
IN THIS TELEGRAM I CLEARLY ENVISAGED CONSULTATIONS ON COTTONS
AND NON-COTTONS, INCLUDING POLYESTER/POLYNOSIC SHIRTS ISSUE AND
SUGGESTED JORDAN SHOULD GO TO OTTAWA FOR PRELIMINARY TALKS.
AS HE SAID IN YOUR TELEGRAM 397 TO ME THE OBJECT WAS TO DISCUSS
POLYESTER/POLYNOSIC PROBLEM AND GET IN PROPORTION BY RELATING
IT TO THE TOTAL SHIRT MARKET AND IMPORTS.
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